No Amazon? No problem, Weill Cornell says

Amazon's announcement that it won't open a headquarters in Long Island City won't affect New York–Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine's plans to expand their multispecialty practice in the neighborhood, said Dr. Adam Stracher, chief medical officer of the Weill Cornell Physician Organization.

Weill Cornell agreed last year to lease 28,000 square feet at 28-07 Jackson Ave before Amazon signaled in November that it would expand to Queens.

"We were certainly excited about providing the highest quality health care to the Amazon employees as well as the LIC community," Stracher said. "But despite Amazon’s decision, we’ll continue with these goals with the current and future residents and employers of LIC."

The health care organization has "long recognized Long Island City as a community that is rapidly growing and in need of local access to health care," he said.

Weill Cornell already has physicians in the area. Dr. Moitri Chowdhury Savard, who is set to be site director at the new location, has an existing practice nearby.

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